Thanks to a letter from the City of Webster Groves, which apparently has some sort of issue with spalling brick and peeling paint in our fine community, we have finally embarked on our long-delayed but much-anticipated chimney repainting project. For those of you less familiar with the details of our house, the chimney is constructed of white brick that was painted a rather unfortunate shade of bright red by a previous owner. I've hated it ever since we bought the house (eight years ago yesterday, incidentally). Mike borrowed a 29-foot ladder from a coworker and began patching and priming over the weekend, finishing this morning. (He took the day off for some family fun that we timed to coincide with my birthday.) The finish coat/s, to match the original brick color, will follow soon, but even with just the primer, the chimney looks so much better. Mike rocks.
30 September 2008
The latest house project
Thanks to a letter from the City of Webster Groves, which apparently has some sort of issue with spalling brick and peeling paint in our fine community, we have finally embarked on our long-delayed but much-anticipated chimney repainting project. For those of you less familiar with the details of our house, the chimney is constructed of white brick that was painted a rather unfortunate shade of bright red by a previous owner. I've hated it ever since we bought the house (eight years ago yesterday, incidentally). Mike borrowed a 29-foot ladder from a coworker and began patching and priming over the weekend, finishing this morning. (He took the day off for some family fun that we timed to coincide with my birthday.) The finish coat/s, to match the original brick color, will follow soon, but even with just the primer, the chimney looks so much better. Mike rocks.
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Well, at least the Webster Groves Gestapo motivated you to get the chimney done. It will look so much better. I'm sure Mike enjoyed the project!
Geez, wonder if our chimney is going to elicit a letter soon? Is Mike looking for work?:) I want the job of the person who goes around looking for honey-do lists for citizens!
I blame the city inspector who visited our next-door neighbor's house, which just (finally) sold. Interestingly, this chimney has a history of eliciting letters from the city. I found a similar one when I went through our house's file several years ago. Honestly, the chimney probably needs to be rebuilt, but we're trying to hold it together as long as possible before that becomes necessary.
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